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Director

Sergei Parajanov

USSR [now Republic of Georgia] · Tiflis

The supreme colorist of cinema, a poet who painted with light, shadow, and human bodies arranged like icons. His films are visual symphonies — ornate, ecstatic, defiant — made in defiance of Soviet ideology and his own imprisonment.

Thematic context drawn from Senses of Cinema. Read the full critical essay →